CVE-2016-7382 Privilege escalation in Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla (all versions)

High 7.8 Published Updated

A missing permissions check in the NVIDIA GPU Display Driver kernel mode layer allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory and escalate privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2016-7382?

CVE-2016-7382 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nvidia Gpu Driver, published on 8 Nov 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

For the NVIDIA Quadro, NVS, GeForce, and Tesla products, NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys for Windows or nvidia.ko for Linux) handler where a missing permissions check may allow users to gain access to arbitrary physical memory, leading to an escalation of privileges.

Weakness: CWE-275

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7382?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nvidia Gpu Driver.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7382?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-7382 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7382 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Nvidia Gpu Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7382, GHSA-mv66-58mr-wjh5, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7382.

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